Cirque du Soleil - Nouvelle Experience

Cirque du Soleil - Nouvelle Experience
by Franco Dragone

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Actor: Alexandre Arnaoutov, Cecile Ardail, Didier Antoine, Irina Arnaoutova, Katerina Arnaoutova
Director: Franco Dragone
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Sylvain Brault
Editor: Vidal B??que
Producer: Guy Lalibert?
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Cirque du Soleil - Nouvelle Experience

DVD Review: delightfull entertainment
Summary: 5 Stars

Sweet, artful and inspirational fun for the entire family. The children return to watch it again and again, delighted by what the body and mind, in league with artful creative imagination, is capable of doing.

DVD Review: Very entertaining!
Summary: 5 Stars

The clown routine had me laughing until it hurt! The rest is just amazing. You will really enjoy it.

DVD Review: Good show, but not the best of Cirque
Summary: 4 Stars

This is some of the early work of Cirque du Soleil, which for a diehard fan may hold them enraptured for the entire show. But for most people, I think this will prove to be a pale comparison to some, most, or all of the newer shows such as Quidam or Dralion. But if you want to see how it all started, be sure to check out Nouvelle Experience, which was filmed in 1990-1991 and was one of the earliest Cirque shows, and is one which is no longer running.

One act which will make you laugh is the clown who gets people from the audience and will just have you laughing. This is one of the best clown acts I have seen in any Cirque show and is almost worth the cost of the DVD itself, though admittedly I am a diehard Cirque fan.

I am giving this 4 stars (probably deserves 5 because of the acts) but simply because I have seen so many outstanding out-of-this-world performances by Cirque, I must drop this down one star.

DVD Review: Good Show
Summary: 4 Stars

You have to remember that this was not filmed for DVD. This show was filmed for VHS and was released first on VHS in 1991. So that's why it looks kind of dark and has not that many angles. The show is excellent. An earlier review mentioned there being a "high bar" act in this show, but there isn't. This DVD is great to have because this show is no longer performed live. All of the music from the great CD is in this live recording. I had seen "Nouvelle Experience" live, three times and this is the best version of it.

DVD Review: Excellent!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Music, artists, lightning, sequence, etc., etc. Everything is superb.

Description of Cirque du Soleil - Nouvelle Experience

The brilliant artistry of Cirque du Soleil has transformed the circus into an exciting, novel performance experience. Nouvelle Experience celebrates the magic of their innovative techniques and the genius of one of the most visionary groups of artists in the world. Included in the show that toured for 19 months in 1990-1991, performing to over 1.3 million people: Contortion, Korean Plank, Solo Trapeze, Tightrope, Aerial Straps, Acrobatics, Trampoline and Balancing on Chairs. 1991, 85 minutes.

New experience indeed. Cirque du Soleil's Nouvelle Experience is another video compilation of acrobatic feats and inspired clowning. For example, four women on a suspended platform twist and contort their bodies until you'd swear their spines were made of rubber. Then lithe, muscular men and women launch themselves off of a teeter-totter so they can spin in all directions in mid-air; or they do the splits while walking on a tightrope; or they spin and balance umbrellas with their feet. Plus the stilt-walkers, the trapeze artists, the guy balancing on a giant ball--it goes on and on, all of it precise and impressive. A high point of this particular compilation is David Shiner's ingenious clown routine, in which he wordlessly convinces random audience members to be the actors in a silent movie. It's really, really funny. There's just not much else to be said about it. --Bret Fetzer

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